Why reduce RPM?

[some1]

Many of the early and pre-wwii fighters were like that, including Hurricanes and Spitfires. But none of the models we have in DCS.

What we do have is the ability to turn off the automation and control the pitch directly in manual mode in p47, fw190, bf109.

[Art-J]

11 hours ago, Skewgear said:

It's been deeply frustrating reading this thread two weeks after the block-headed wilful idiocy being displayed towards someone asking a reasonable question. No wonder users shy away from posting on these forums.

Nealius. Ignore the oddball who was constantly telling you you're wrong and your understanding was invalid. He is not worth engaging with in good faith because he has been giving you bad faith answers throughout this thread.

In English the terms prop pitch, prop RPM selector and prop lever are mostly interchangeable even when this is technically incorrect. The terms are widely understood to refer to levers that, when pushed forward, make the propeller spin faster. In that context "increasing" refers to higher RPM.

Talking about pot calling the kettle back...

The point is Nealius' understanding of terms was invalid indeed (absolutely can't blame him!) and Graf's answers were technically correct, albeit he, as a non-native speaker, does come off blunt quite often, I'll give you that.

Nevertheless, you have to be kidding if you say "the terms are widely understood" with a straight face. Amongst whom? Real life veteran pilots and maintenance technicians, maybe. If they were amongst other people, however, this thread, and many older like it, wouldn't exist. The aforementioned incorrect terms interchangeability in wartime manuals does cause confusion for any avation entusiast who tries to learn more about CSPs for the first time and reads these.

Not to mention that as Nealius noted, DCS manual for Thunderbolt is blatantly wrong in this particular paragraph no matter how you look at it, as it specifically addresses prop blade pitch.